From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishguavagua‧va /ˈɡwɑːvə/ noun [countable] HBPDFa tropical fruit with pink flesh and a lot of seeds
Examples from the Corpus
guava• The taste is somewhere between a guava and a grape.• Yolanda keeps an eye out for guavas.• Come dessert time, the fresh guavas in cream or the not too sweet, ultra creamy flan is a must.• A grey guava rolled to my feet.• Wines Fruit was picked from a plantation growing mangoes, guava, grapes, oranges, lemons and bananas.• Rotting guavas and fruit flies that hover around them are also prevalent on the ridge route.• I threw away the guava core, and it too was torn to pieces by the children.• The group scatters to harvest the guavas.Origin guava (1500-1600) Spanish guayaba, from an Arawakan language